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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Comoro Islands
Iles Comores noun three main islands and numerous islets in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar

Comoros
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros noun a country on the Comoro Islands

compact
dense adjective having component parts closely crowded together; `a compact shopping center`; `a dense population`; `thick crowds`; `a thick forest`; `thick hair`

compact
noun a small and economical car

compact car
noun a small and economical car

compact disk
compact disc noun a digitally encoded recording on an optical disk that is smaller than a phonograph record; played back by a laser

compact-disk burner
CD burner noun recording equipment for making compact disks

compaction
compression 2 concretion noun an increase in the density of something

compactly
adverb taking up no more space than necessary; `liquid food compactly stored in a pressurized tank`

companion
comrade noun a person who is frequently in the company of another; `drinking companions`; `comrades in arms`

companion
fellow traveller noun a traveler who accompanies you

companionability
companionableness noun suitability to be a companion

companionable
adjective suggestive of companionship; `a companionable pet`

companionate
adjective like a companion; `companionate marriage`; `a companionate dog`

companionway
noun a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship

company
noun a social gathering of guests or companions; `the house was filled with company when I arrived`

company
noun organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); `the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel`

company man
noun an employee whose first loyalty is to the company rather than to fellow workers

company name
noun the name by which a corporation is identified

company operator
noun an operator who works for a company

company union
noun a union of workers for a single company; a union not affiliated with a larger union

comparable
corresponding adjective conforming in every respect; `boxes with corresponding dimensions`; `the like period of the preceding year`

comparable to(p)
adjective worthy of comparison; as good as; `at that moment nothing in the world seemed comparable to sleep`

comparable with(p)
adjective similar in some respect and so able to be compared in order to show differences and similarities; `pianists of comparable ability`; `cars comparable with each other in terms of fuel consumption`

comparably
adverb in a comparable manner or to a comparable degree; `you will have to work comparably harder`

comparative
adjective relating to or based on or involving comparison; `comparative linguistics`

comparative anatomy
noun the study of anatomical features of animals of different species

comparative anatomist
noun anatomist who compares the anatomy of different animals

comparative literature
noun study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)

comparative negligence
noun (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff

comparative psychology
animal psychology noun the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals

compare
verb examine and note the similarities or differences of; `John compared his haircut to his friend`s`; `We compared notes after we had both seen the movie`

compare
equate verb consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; `We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans`; `You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed`

comparison
comparing noun examining resemblances or differences

comparison-shop
verb compare prices for a given item

compart
verb lay out in parts according to a plan

compartment
noun a partitioned section or separate room within a larger enclosed area

compartment pressure
noun the air pressure maintained in an air-tight compartment (as in an aircraft)

compartmental
compartmentalized adjective divided up into compartments or categories; `most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized`

compartmentalization
compartmentalisation noun a mild state of dissociation

compartmentalize
compartmentalise verb separate into isolated compartments or categories; `You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!`

compartmented
adjective divided up or separated into compartments or isolated units; `a compartmented box`; `the protected and compartmented society of Beacon Hill`- John Mason Brown

compass
range noun the limit of capability; `within the compass of education`

compass card
mariner`s compass noun compass in the form of a card that rotates so that 0 degrees or North points to magnetic north

compass plant
compass flower noun any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass

compass point
point noun any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; `he checked the point on his compass`

compass saw
noun a handsaw with a narrow triangular blade for cutting curves

compassion
pity noun the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

compassionate
adjective showing merciful compassion; `sparing the child`s mother was a compassionate act`

compassionate leave
noun (military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death

compatibility
noun capability of existing or performing in harmonious or congenial combination

compatible
sympathetic adjective having similar disposition and tastes; `a compatible married couple`; `with their many similar tastes, he found her a most sympathetic companion`

compatible software
noun software that can run on different computers without modification

compatibly
adverb with compatibility

compatriot
noun a person from your own country

compel
oblige verb force or compel somebody to do something; `We compel all students to fill out this form`

compelling
adjective tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; `new and compelling evidence`

compendious
compact adjective briefly giving the gist of something; `a short and compendious book`; `a compact style is brief and pithy`; `succinct comparisons`; `a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject`

compendium
noun a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work

compensable
paying(a) adjective for which money is paid; `a paying job`; `remunerative work`; `salaried employment`; `stipendiary services`

compensate
recompense verb make payment to; compensate; `My efforts were not remunerated`

compensate
indemnify verb make amends for; pay compensation for; `One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich`; `She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident`

compensated
remunerated adjective receiving or eligible for compensation; `salaried workers`; `a stipendiary magistrate`

compensating balance
offsetting balance noun a minimum credit balance that a bank may require a borrower to keep on deposit as a condition for granting a loan; a common requirement for establishing a line of credit at a bank; `the compensating balance increases the effective interest rate to the bank since the net amount loaned is reduced but the interest paid is unchanged`

compensation
noun something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury)

compensatory time
noun time off that is granted to a worker as compensation for working overtime

compere
noun British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc

compete
vie verb compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

competence
competency noun the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

competence hearing
noun a hearing to determine legal capacity (to determine whether the defendant can understand the charges and cooperate with a lawyer in preparing a defense)

competent
adjective adequate for the purpose; `a competent performance`

competently
aptly adverb in a competent capable manner; `they worked competently`

competing(a)
adjective being in competition; `competing businesses`

competition
contention noun the act of competing as for profit or a prize; `the teams were in fierce contention for first place`

competitive
competitory adjective involving competition or competitiveness; `competitive games`; `to improve one`s competitive position`

competitively
adverb in competition; `the companies should bid competitively`

competitiveness
fight noun an aggressive willingness to compete; `the team was full of fight`

compilation
digest noun something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

compile
verb put together out of existing material; `compile a list`

compiler
compiling program noun (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

complacency
complacence noun the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself; `his complacency was absolutely disgusting`

complacent
self-satisfied adjective contented to a fault with oneself or one`s actions; `he had become complacent after years of success`; `his self-satisfied dignity`

complacently
adverb in a self-satisfied manner; `he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher`

complain
kick verb express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; `My mother complains all day`; `She has a lot to kick about`

complaining(a)
complaintive adjective expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; `a complaining wife`

complainingly
adverb with complaints; `she did her work, but she did so complainingly`

complaint
noun an expression of grievance or resentment

complaisance
compliance noun a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

complaisant
obliging adjective showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; `to close one`s eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover`; `the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave`

complect
interconnect verb be interwoven or interconnected; `The bones are interconnected via the muscle`

complement
full complement noun number needed to make up a whole force; `a full complement of workers`

complement fixation
noun an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination)

complement fixation test
noun a blood test in which a sample of serum is exposed to a particular antigen and complement in order to determine whether or not antibodies to that particular antigen are present; used as a diagnostic test

complemental
complementary adjective acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

complementary
adjective of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; ``male` and `female` are complementary terms`

complementary angles
noun two angles whose sum is a right angle

complementary color
complementary noun either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); `yellow and blue are complementaries`

complementary distribution
complementation noun (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

complementary DNA
cDNA noun single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

complementary medicine
noun the practice of medicine that combines traditional medicine with alternative medicine